Advice from Cat lovers, please.
I'm generally welcoming to all of nature in my backyard, but sometimes you have to take sides. A rabbit decided to have babies in my yard and it appears that she thinks I'm an ally. I don't know if that's because she saw me running in circles like a wild woman under the branches of an oak a few weeks back in an effort to scare off a woodpecker that was attacking a hummingbird that was defending her nest. Spoiler: the woodpecker was persistent and woke up earlier than I did the next morning and managed to knock down the limb and nest - thankfully, the hummingbird hadn't laid its eggs yet.
Back to the cat: I've watched the rabbit babies make it through red shoulder hawk vigils, extreme weather conditions, chemical sprays from the neighbor's lawn service, a black racer and now a cat has decided to appear from no where. I am trying to come up with friendly ways to thwart its hunting nature, which by the looks of the cat, doesn't need the extra food. The cat only appears late at night so I'm thinking of growing catnip. It might attract the cat, but I'm hoping it will also slow it down. Not having owned a cat, not sure that is the right assumption.
What is the advice out there?
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Try romaine instead, it's so much tastier, 